Protests in S Korea over US beef BBC
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Libya Shunning the Dollar? Brad Setser (guest blogger Rachel Ziemba)
Anitdote du jour. This photo was an award nominee (National Geographic, I think, I didn’t label the file) so it is not a creation of Photoshop:
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If you want to read up on what is happening in SK, check out this site (THE site for expats in SK):
http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/05/27/korean-supermarkets-wont-sell-us-beef-time-to-be-a-dick/
These protests are hysterics most grand. The whole country has been worked into a hyper-emotional dither for no reason less a long-running xenophobic sentiment being exploited to keep beef prices sky-high which benefits the proud and noble Korean farmer.